Game-board.



1. L. HAYES.

GAME BOARD.

APPLiCATlON FILED NOV-7.1917.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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3. L.HAYES.

GAM ARD.

. APPLICATION L D NOV- 7. 1917.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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y A B c 1 /I C) Q I um" .Nflljr 1.7@ /ff"f l? JOHN L. HAYES, or CAENEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME-BOARD.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 24, 19187.

Applicationled November 7, 1,917. Serial No. 200,771.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LEO HAYES, a cltlzen of the United States, residing at ,Carnegie, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game- Boards, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to game boards and has as its object to provide a game board for use inV playing a War game involving the elements of chance and skill.

The aim of the invention is. to provide a game board designated for the playing of a game which .will be highly interesting and which will permit of the players choosing, as their judgment dictates, whether they shall move their game pieces to an advanced position or Whether they shall depend upon the element ofV chance in an endeavor to remove from the board one. or another of their opponents game pieces.

In the accompanying drawings Figure: 1 is a plan view of one half of the game board embodying the present invention, i Fig. 2 is a plan vieW of the other half of the board,

Fig.' 3 is a perspective view of one of the game pieces representing a fort,

' Fig. 4 is a similar view of another one of the game pieces representing a ship.

For convenience sake, the board may be formed in two halves as illustrated in the drawings which may either be disconnected from each other and adapted to be assembled edge to edge or which may be hingedly con- Y nected in any suitable manner, or the board may be of one piece construction.- In any event the playing surfacev of the board is divided into land fields 1 and 2 and a water field indicated in general by the numeral 3, this water field occupying the portion of the surface of the board not occupied by the land fields 1 and 2. The land fields l1 and 2 are preferably located 'at opposite sides and diagonally opposite corners of the playing surface and may be of any desired convguration and size. Each land field 1s designated by some Suitable symbol, such for example, as the stars 4 and 5 shown 1n the drawin and indicating respectively,

the land fields 1 and 2, the stars represent? ing further-the capitals of the belligerent countries. In the present instance,-the star `4; will be, for example, red in color and the y star 5 will be blue and these colors will also distinguish or indicate game pieces employed by the two players. One of these game pieces is clearly shown in Fig. 41 of the drawings and comprises a 'preferably circular base 6 having thereon a small rep- .'65 Vbases of the game pieces employed by the i.

other player being blue. Each player will,

of course, be provided with a certain definite number of the game pieces and preferably each player will elnployfsix of the pieces 6 vin playing the game. Other game pieces such as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings are also employed and each of these game pieces is preferably in the nature of a flat ,circular disk S having itsupper surface, indicated by the numeral 9, of a distinguishing color except at its center where there is a White area 10 bearing a designating numeral. The game pieces S'represent forts and the same are to be disposed upon fortification bases located at intervals along the "land fields. 1

and 2, these bases being preferably indicated by concentric circles as at' 11 and being designated by numerals Ato which the numerals Aupon each of the several game pieces 8 correspond so that the players of the game lWill be assisted in properly placing the game pieces 8.

The water field 3 of the board is divided into neutral and belligerent-zones and the neutral zone iS indicated `in general by the numeral 12, this zone occupying the greater portion of, the areaof the said field 3. At the center of the field there is a belligerent zone 13 defined by a border line 14 or this zone may be-indicated by a suitable designating color. 'At the opposite Sides of the in a distinguishing color. The zones 15 are each located opposite a representation of -one of the fortification bases 11 and when the game pieces 8 are properly arranged upon the board each game piece Will be located upon thegfortication base opposite or next adjacent the belligerent zone 15 which bears the same distinguishing color fas the Surface 9 ofthe said game piece.

A number of paths are laid out upon the board as indicated by the numeral 16, these belligerent zones, 3, 13 and 15. Each path has located in its length at various intervals, positions or stops 17 some of which are located within the neutral zone 3, some Within the belligerent zone 13, and the remainder in the various belligerent zones 15. The positions or stops 17 which are located within the belligerent zones 13 and 15 are designated by colors which serve a purpose in the playing of the game.

In playing the game, assuming that the game pieces 8 have been placed upon their respective fortification bases 11, the players will alternately forwardly or backwardly move their game pieces 6, one at a time, over the paths upon the playing surface of the board` and from one position 17 to another substantially as in the playing of the well-known game of checkers. At diagonally opposite corners of the board there are positions 19 which represent the naval bases for the game ieces 6 representing the ships comprising tiie fleets of the belligerent countries and it is from these positions that the players begin their moves, starting from any one of the points A, B, C or D indicated upon the board. Each player has as an object to so advance his game pieces as to eventually land one ofthem m the other players capital. Should the two players each have one of his game pieces 6 in the same belligerent zone, the player Whose move it is may either move one of his game pieces 6 or may depend upon the element of chance by throwing dice, in which event, and if the number thrown is the same as the number upon the position 17 occupied by his opponents game piece 6 in the said belligerent zone, his opponents ship is assumed to be destroyed and the game piece is removed from the board. This also applies to the game pieces 8, representing forts, and under these circumstances the game pieces 8 have in a sense the same status as the game pieces 6. For example, one of the players may have one of his game pieces 6 in one of his opponents belligerent fields 15 and if he so desires he may, it being his play, throw dice in an effort toremove his opponents fortification game piece 6, which is accomplished if the number thrown is the same as the number of the position occupied by the said opponents ame piece.

' Having t us described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A game board having its playing surface divided into fields representing land and water, the water field being divided into neutral and belligerent zones, the belligerent zones being individually identified, and paths upon the board provided at intervals with positions some located within the neutral zones and the others within the belligerent zones, the positions within the belligerent zones being individually numbered;

2. A game board having its playing suri face divided into fields representing land and water, the water field being divided into lneutral andA belligerent zones, the belligerent zones beingindividually identifiedv and the land fields having fortification bases each related to a particular one of the belligerent zones, the surface of the board having paths thereon provided at intervals with positions located within the water field, the positions within the belligerent zones being individually numbered.

3. A game board having its playing surface divided into fields representing land and water, the water fields being divided into neutral and belligerent zones, the belligerent zones bein individuallyidentified and the land fields Iiaving fortification bases each related to a particular one of the belligerent zones and individually numbered, the board having paths upon its surface provided at intervals with positions certain of which are located within the belligerent zones and are individually numbered.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN L. HAYES. [1. s] 

